The Invention of Childhood is a History Documentary programme.

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The Invention of Childhood: Learn to Die

Series 1, episode 6

Michael Morpurgo presents a 30-part narrative history series exploring a thousand years of British childhood. After the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century, how did the strict Puritan ethos affect children's lives? Read by Jack Blumenau, Anna Maxwell Martin, Timothy West and Adam Godley.